Summer People

Chronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west.

Leigh Anne Touhy, a headstrong, wealthy Memphis woman welcomes into her home Michael Oher, an emotionally traumatized African-American high-school student who turns out to be gifted at playing football.

Tara, now settled in Montana and dating Cowboy Boone, works to bring their family lives together, but tensions arise, as blending their families will be more of a challenge than anticipated.

A successful lawyer returns to his small hometown to defend his father, a local judge, against a murder charge. As the trial commences, the urbane counselor slowly begins to reconnect with his roots.

When a woman's son goes missing and the prime suspect is released due to lack of evidence, she and her teenage daughter decide to play vigilante.

A restaging of the surprise Japanese attack against the backdrop of a love triangle involving a nurse and two fighter pilots. Dazzling effects and action, but the script is contrived. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett. Michael Bay directed and Jerry Bruckheimer co-produced. The film was nominated for three Oscars and won one for Best Sound Effects Editing.